Initiate steps to resolve Kashmir issue at earliest: Mirwaiz

Moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday said ‘without wasting any more time’ the Centre should initiate steps for resolution of Kashmir issue.

“Government of India should resolve the Kashmir issue without wasting any more time,” he said,during his first Friday sermon in 14 weeks,at Jamia Masjid.

Mirwaiz also appealed to the government to release the political activists and students,who have been arrested during the summer unrest.

The moderate Hurriyat leader had last offered congregational prayers on Eid-ul-Fitr on September 11,when protesters allegedly set government buildings on fire.